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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Merchants’ Guide to Navigating Global Payments Regulations , powered by Ekata, dives deep into this complex and unsettled topic, from possible abrupt retail impacts to long-term open banking repercussions. The European Union (EU) has levied $126 million USD in fines in that brief time, the biggest against Google at $57 million.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Rakuten In Store Network has turned on offers in Google Pay, allowing users of the payment method to receive cash back on promotions connected to their cards for eCommerce and brick-and-mortar purchases, according to a Tuesday (Dec. What sets the offers experience apart in Google Pay is the simplicity and the ease of use.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Birkenstock is said to be in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, while Cognira has released its AI Promotion Solution. Cognira Rolls Out AI Promotion Suite For Retailers. Cognira, the retail artificial intelligence technology firm, has launched its AI Promotion Solution.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Stats like that are in the news this week as Google Pay, by virtue of a revamp , is on its way to becoming a hyperconnected “super app” – tied to smart banking profiled this week. Google is looking to capitalize on some momentum around mobile wallets. So you can scan product barcodes or QR codes straight from Google Pay.”

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Nium , the global FinTech platform, announced in a press release emailed to PYMNTS that users will be able to make payments through Google Pay with its company Visa cards. Nium’s Google Pay announcement, according to the release, will help it become more accessible across the world.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A payments platform created by India’s largest retail banks surpassed a billion transactions in October, a milestone that affirms the tremendous growth of services offered by U.S. and Google. giants from Walmart Inc. to Amazon.com Inc.

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APRIL 17, 2020

To reportedly help it compete with Apple Pay and the Apple Card, Google is creating its own tangible and virtual debit cards. The tech company’s debit card will have the brand of Google along with its partnered financial institution; however, it is not known what the offering’s name will be.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Voice recognition could soon play a bigger role in retail — especially in the world of quick service restaurants. That’s not the only recent major move that involves voice recognition and the biometric authentication method’s potential use in retail and payments. That’s the signal sent recently by McDonald’s.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

In retail technology, Yotpo is helping brands capture the digital shift by making a compressed marketing stack for online shopping. Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to capture this area.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered payments startup Skipify is partnering with Google to deliver shopping features within the Gmail ecosystem, the companies said announced on Friday (Oct. Google said on Thursday (Oct. Further, unsubscribe rates dropped 50 percent.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Google Pay revamp , launched last month (Nov. 1 for finance on the Google Play App Store, the website Apptopia reported. Beyond that, on Apple’s App Store , Google Pay hit No. consumers now make purchases within retailer apps — a significant jump from the 21 percent who did so pre-pandemic.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And in many places, for the first time, our retailers are open to it. version embodied by the Apple and Google Pays of the world. And the answer is, “Yes, a bar code can give you a way to do that — and in a form that retailers already understand how to accept.”. They're seeing this as an opportunity to change and shift.”.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ford and Google are partnering to launch Team Upshift, a six-year partnership intended to advance vehicle innovation and data-driven opportunities. “As Team Upshift will leverage both firms’ talent and assets to advance various projects, such as developing new car-buying retail experiences and data-based ownership offers.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Very soon, eBay shoppers will be able to choose Google Pay as their payment method when checking out. Shoppers who prefer to use Google Pay will be able to do so within the eBay app, mobile website and desktop site, regardless of operating system or device. Google Pay is not the first “Pay” option available to eBay users.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Although multiple firms met with the company to talk about an acquisition, it was only Google and a mystery firm that ultimately came through with serious bids, CNBC reported. The Google/Fitbit deal was announced on Nov. 1, when Alphabet, Google’s parent, noted it would buy the company for roughly $2.1 Google offered $7.05

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APRIL 10, 2019

From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers. While the pharmacy retailer had slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores, the rollout was subsequently publicized.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Google says that six months of COVID-19 restrictions have produced changes in shopping habits that in typical times would have taken 10 years to transpire – and the company today is touting offerings for brick-and-mortar small businesses as a way to help. Business owners can integrate the ads with inventory management systems.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Security experts at Google have identified over a dozen government-backed hacking groups trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to fuel malware and phishing attempts. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said hackers had been targeting the World Health Organization (WHO), as revealed in early April by Reuters.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Google has partnered with Citigroup Inc. and a local California credit union to offer consumer checking accounts, a person familiar with the matter said.

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Bobsguide

AUGUST 18, 2020

Incumbent retail banks who have not yet developed a progressive digital strategy face significant cost pressures in the coming years, according to industry panellists in an online event today. “Look at Facebook, Google, Amazon and so on who have been constantly updating.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Customers are rewarded “time currency” at the time of their checkout by using their Google Maps timeline to demonstrate precisely how far and long they have traveled to get to IKEA. And if you find yourself leaping to Google to figure out where the farthest IKEA you can drive to is, be warned. These criminal gangs are sophisticated.”.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Paytm, India’s leading digital payments player, unveiled new products to target businesses and ward off rising competition from Google Pay, Walmart Inc.-owned owned PhonePe and Amazon Pay.

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Perficient

AUGUST 20, 2020

Lack of Unique Content (for Manufacturers and Retailers). SEO is a complex space to understand as Google does not share information on how its algorithms work. First of all, Google recognizes that there are differences in search behaviors around terms like these. B2B Players Can’t Offer B2C Experiences (Or Can They?).

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Google Pay has added 89 banks compatible with its services in the last month and a half of updates, according to a report from TalkAndroid. The new additions keep up the tech giant's trend of filling out support for financial institutions (FIs) around the country, and Google Pay is now supporting almost 3,000 FIs in total. Klarna U.S.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Conversational Commerce Finds Its Voice in Digital Retail.

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Perficient

JANUARY 27, 2021

iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Google | Stitcher. She specializes in digital experience, retail, and digital. podcast , host Jim Hertzeld interviews Chris Bernard, VP of User Experience and Design at CDK Global and asks “What would happen if we convinced the CEO to embrace design?” Subscribe and Don’t Miss an Episode.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As Google and Walmart battle for market share in India’s fast-growing payments sector, they face a new obstacle. The search and tech behemoth and the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer suddenly face strict new limits on their growth imposed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Retail is getting more visual, and that stands to be the case for locally-focused merchants as they compete for attention and consumer dollars with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. Indeed, augmented reality is among the tools that local retailers look ready to adopt for further use. Contextualizing Commerce.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hot new thing in “Big Retail” is offering in-house advertising on your website to your vendors – because why get paid only once on a purchase if you can get paid twice? In short, retailers get paid to place the ad, and then get paid again when the merchandise is sold. Enormous Potential.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Give said scientist(s) a budget to lease a Tensor Flo server with Google and start parsing transaction data. Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer. Not so fast.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Carrefour Group , one of the world’s biggest supermarket chains, and Google are launching a voice-activated grocery shopping service in France. Carrefour and Google said Tuesday (June 16) their latest innovation is part of the French retailer’s ambition to accelerate its expansion into food eCommerce. . billion euros ($4.7

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JANUARY 21, 2021

In brick-and-mortar, retailers are overestimating demand for buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) , but they are underestimating demand for delivery. 3 : Number of elements included in Google’s new ‘Product Discovery Solutions for Retail’ suite.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Coinciding with Black History Month, Google is extending the Black-owned attribute to its Shopping tab, building on the initiatives launched across Search and Maps over the summer. The label reads “identifies as Black-owned” and will appear in Google Shopping’s results. .

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top news, the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google will focus on its power over internet searches, and GoodRx priced its stock at $33 a share, above its target. DOJ Antitrust Case Against Google to Focus on Search. Plus, Walmart and Goldman Sachs are partnering to offer Walmart’s Marketplace sellers lines of credit.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Yandex launched 20 years ago as a search engine Google with a variety of online services, including ride-hailing and restaurant deliveries. In the beginning, Yandex got its grocery items from the retailer Metro AG. Sales are in excess of 127 billion rubles ($2 billion).

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